Genome Sequences of Two Copper-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Copper-Fed Pigs

Freja L Lüthje; Henrik Hasman; Frank M Aarestrup; Hend A Alwathnani; Christopher Rensing

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01341-14

Genome Sequences of Two Copper-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Copper-Fed Pigs

Genome Announc. 2014 Dec 24;2(6):e01341-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01341-14.

Authors

Freja L Lüthje¹, Henrik Hasman², Frank M Aarestrup², Hend A Alwathnani³, Christopher Rensing⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant and Environmental Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
² National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
³ Department of Botany and Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ chres@life.ku.dk.

Abstract

The draft genome sequences of two copper-resistant Escherichia coli strains were determined. These had been isolated from copper-fed pigs and contained additional putative operons conferring copper and other metal and metalloid resistances.